Health Promotion

Whether a patient, health consumer, physician, nurse, health executive, or elected official, somewhere deep in our brains is this simple truth: the American health system isn’t working, and it will only get worse if we don’t do something about it.

As Britain ages amid austerity, more and more people will suffer from long-term health conditions. Obesity and diabetes are on the rise. Mental health problems are widespread. This title investigates a range of ways to cut the cost of health interventions and to improve patient outcomes as well as ways of preventing people becoming patients.

Features historian Tom Holland, actor Simon Callow, Brazil's controversial director Roberto Alvim and Bollywood's Aparna Sen who all talk Shakespeare, protest and dissent. This magazine takes a look at how staging Shakespeare has allowed directors to tackle issues that would have otherwise been censored in countries around the world.

The September 2011 issue of Index on Censorship focuses on the relationships between art, artists and censorship and features celebrated sculptor Anish Kapoor.

With reports from Turkey, South Africa and China, this title offers a look at the freedoms around the world. It also features poetry from Angola and the UK.

This issue of Index on Censorship looks at censorship in music, including the songs they tried to ban, the musicians stopped for playing live, and the singers who are put on trial. With contributions by Radiohead's Colin Greenwood, legendary band manager Peter Jenner and novelist Will Self.

Promoting Health

Does it pose threats if people choose to write under a pen name? Is that as true of a book as a Tweet? Why should that be? This special report includes an analysis of the value of anonymity with articles looking at when it is used and why. It also looks at why writers, journalists and artists choose to do work under an assumed name.